I could be wrong, but as far as I know me and John Davis were the first to do this double joint. We offered it as an option on Davis-Prince cues we did together. At the time it didn’t feel like it was catching on with cue collectors. They still wanted rings on the shafts but it’s great for...
Thanks for all the nice comments. The white material is resin-ivory. If my picture taking skills were better you could see the grain on the caps. It looks similar to ivory grain.
John cored a lot of his blanks, mostly for weight. He always cored after the the blank was built, not before the splicing was done. He actually made a walking cane for a friend of his that was a full spliced butt that was cored out so the shaft would fit inside the butt while it was being...
John did make some complete cues. A picture of the signature would help, but he usually signed them by hand under the bumper. If it was a black buttcap he usually signed them in white and vice versa. So that sounds about right.
John will be greatly missed by all that knew him. I was fortunate enough to be able to spend a lot of time with him over the years. He was a great guy that would give the shirt off his back to help a friend. He always had a good story to tell and a very colorful way of telling them. I...
Thanks for the compliments. I only use one spindle. All the cues I make are done one at a time. These 2 cues have very similar designs but they are a little different from each other.
Here is a new cue I recently finished up for a customer. This cue has an african black wood forearm and butt sleeve wit 6 amboyna points and amboyna and ebony sectioned handle. White and abalone inlays throughout the cue and matching joint protector.
Thanks for all the nice compliments on this cue. This one is not for sale and staying with me for once. I did build another cue that is similar but a little fancier along side of this one but it is already sold. I will post some pics of that one in the next couple of days when i have some...
Here are some pictures of a cue I just finished for myself. After all these years I finally made myself a dressed up inlaid cue that is weighted and built for me. I rarely have time to work on my own cues with all the repairs and other cues I make but this year I took some time for my own...
Here is a cue I recently finished for a customer. This cue has a spalted maple forearm with cocobolol points. The segmented handle is birdseye maple with a cocobolo center section and butt sleeve. Thanks for looking.